1318 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1318 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- 10 May â Battle of Dysert O'Dea: The Hiberno-Norman Richard de Clare is defeated and killed by Conor O'Dea in alliance with O'Briens, MacNamaras and à hEithirs.[1]
- 29 September â Alexander de Bicknor arrives in Ireland.
- 14 October â Battle of Faughart, aka Battle of Dundalk:[2] a Hiberno-Norman force defeats a Scots-Irish army commanded by Edward Bruce (who is killed in the battle), ending the Bruce campaign in Ireland.[1]
- Beginning of the Kildare Supremacy.[3]
- William FitzJohn, Bishop of Ossory appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- Cork City was given an English Royal Charter and for many centuries was an outpost of Old English culture.
Deaths
- 10 May â Richard de Clare, Thomas de Lees, Henry de Capella, James de Caunteton, John de Caunteton, all killed at Dysart O'Dea.
- Gilbert de Roache "killed at Ross by the burgesses of Ross."
- Edward Bruce of Scotland killed in battle.